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To whom it would concern:

That’s the story of Me… Thomas “Tommy” Smith. Sooner than beginning, I have to disclose that I’m a sinner. I’m trying to be a higher man. I thank God for day-after-day that He presents me to try to boost and be a higher Christian for Him, myself, and my kids.

This isn’t a life story nevertheless a story of who I’m and the best way I turned a J6er. I’m a reasonably simple man, a born-again Christian, a father, a son, and a brother. I’m at current 45 years outdated with 4 good youngsters. I say 4 on account of only a few years prior to now, I took in my son’s best good good friend and raised him as my very personal. My son Scott is nineteen, my oldest daughter Sophia is 16, and my youngster lady is 5. I miss higher than mortal phrases can particular.

I’m the son of disabled dad and mother. My dad misplaced every legs in 2021, and my stepmom has COPD and sclerosis, so I spent an entire lot of time serving to them. Sooner than Jan 6, I was a small enterprise proprietor. I private and performance heavy instruments. My jobs usually embody clearing land for model spanking new house owners, developing new dwelling pads, road/driveway constructions, and pond developing/maintenance. I moreover love music! I play the guitar and drums with the target of turning into okay that I can play along with the band for my church. They minister and play for rehabs and totally different facilities inside my area. One different goal that’s now a distant dream. I’ve on a regular basis tried to be , helpful particular person. I’m the person who stops for random stranded motorists.

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I’m the person that does free driveway and repairs for these which is likely to be unable to pay for it themselves, I’d moreover want to say I’m the person who would give the shirt off my once more to help and seek for nothing in return. That’s moreover how I’ve raised my kids. I think about in standing up for what’s appropriate.

Now, onto the J6 stuff. I’m at current inside the Washington DC Jail, greater known as the DC Gulag. I was charged with a lot of felonies stemming from my being on the capitol, along with assault of a police officer (x3), civil dysfunction (x2), and a number of other different totally different costs, along with the well-known 1512…obstruction of an official persevering with. My case was heard by a biased jury and overseen by Resolve Reggie Walton, who I moreover uncover biased. To not level out the weaponized DOJ and the FBI Firm. This was April of 2023. I was sentenced in October 2023 to 9 years in jail, three years probation, 200 hours of neighborhood service, and $38,000 in fines and restitution; It appears like a lot, correct?!?

Now add within the fact that I induced no accidents or damaged/destroyed anyone or one thing inside the crimes that I was convicted of. It’s attainable you’ll even be pondering that I’d have wanted to do one factor to convey this onto myself. You is likely to be correct…so proper right here’s my reality!

I’m a Trump supporter. Not a lunatic, solely a supporter. I moreover think about there have been an entire lot of discrepancies inside the 2020 election. After the election, I decided to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally that I had been listening to quite a bit about. I decided on this for a lot of causes.

At the start, I wanted to assist one of the best President of my lifetime, probably even one of the best in historic previous. I assumed this will likely doubtlessly be the ultimate time I may even see and take heed to him converse as president. It was going to be historic—an important gathering of Individuals in assist of 1 man.

In November, I started planning the journey. It was going to be tough financially as Covid hit us onerous. Money was tight so I began trying to find family or buddies that wanted to go and reduce up payments, however it certainly was robust on all people with the pandemic and Christmas being correct throughout the nook. I didn’t give up, though! I was able to find two others that wanted to hitch me. One was broke (and I do suggest really broke) and the alternative was not quite a bit higher off. I cleaned out my change jar and my checking account to make it happen. We couldn’t afford a lodge or consuming out, so we hooked as a lot as my 12-foot enclosed work trailer, grabbed a heater, generator, ice chest, and some blankets, and headed for DC. We stopped alongside the best way wherein for bologna, bread, and snacks to get there and once more residence. Not an costly journey to say the least.

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We arrived in Virginia late on the fifth with no thought or plan on the place to stay, nevertheless we ended up near a spot close to city to park and sleep. We then awoke early on the sixth and we had been freezing as our generator had run out of gas sometime all through the evening time. As quickly as we had our minds collectively, we noticed that we had been inside strolling distance of the ellipse, so we packed up and headed to the rally. It was superior! It was a little bit of chilly that day, great crammed with people, nevertheless nonetheless superior, nonetheless. We stayed for all of the rally. As POTUS accomplished his speech people then began to make their technique in course of the Capital. We found a spot out of the best way wherein and waited until the gang had thinned sooner than heading in that path. I had under no circumstances felt that type of love inside the air sooner than. Mortal phrases do fall in want of describing the feeling. It was just about like an infinite parade that ended on probably the most patriotic competitors ever! Some people had been having fun with music whereas some had been praying. I even seen people giving their very personal speeches on the sidewalks. There have been moreover patriotic chants and different folks with bullhorns. These people consisted of all races and walks of life. It was actually America in all her splendor. There was no violence! It was merely people standing collectively, united for a set off. To cheer Congress on in doing the job that they had been elected to do. To do the will of the those who elected them and guarantee all authorized pointers had been being adopted to make sure a superb and honest election.

As I approached the Capital from the West side, the realm was coated with people! Along with the American Flag, I was moreover carrying the distinctive 1883 Mississippi Flag. My objective for carrying that flag was simple…the flag was a scorching matter in my state. All through the 2019 governor debate, Tate Reeves promised to go away the flag decision to the parents the similar technique it was carried out in 2001 when 84% of Mississippians voted to take care of the flag. In case you aren’t acutely aware, that flag was the ultimate to bear the cross of St. Alexander, AKA- the Confederate battle emblem to some. Some uneducated people see it as a racist picture, nevertheless most proper right here give it some thought a religious picture. Nevertheless, the selection was made to retire the flag with no appropriate vote, and that was my technique of steady my protest in the direction of one different vote stolen from us.

As quickly as on the Capitol grounds, we decided to go to the very best of the steps with a whole lot of various patriots. We climbed through the scaffolding to bypass the protestors on the lookout for shelter from the wind and finally made it up the steps to the inaugural stage. Whereas trying to find a choice to the upper diploma (greater west terrace), I seen people going in and out of the archway that I believed would get us to the upper diploma. I started listening to screams for help! I couldn’t see quite a bit as a result of it was packed full of people, nevertheless the screams continued. Upon coming into (what I now know as a result of the infamous west tunnel, AKA the tunnel of demise), I seen people, they normally had been screaming, “They dragged him inside,” and “We have now now acquired to get him out of there.” Some had been nonetheless saying they didn’t suppose that they had been responsive. I nonetheless was undecided what was occurring and I was being pushed extra into the breezeway.

As I acquired nearer to the items of doorways, I seen totally different protesters kicking and punching a window beside the door. Then, I seen why that they had been kicking and punching. There have been protesters trapped on the alternative side. They’d been crouched down with their arms over their heads. They’d been unresponsive to the pleas of others to face up and get out. In a panic, I struck the window only a few situations (with no intention of breaking it) with the flagpole. The first few had been loud nevertheless had no influence, so I hit it as soon as extra, and finally, the parents stood up and commenced shifting. IT WORKED!! I’ll actually really feel the gang pushing me extra into the tunnel. By this time, I’ll actually really feel my eyes starting to burn, and I’ll model and scent pepper spray, and as I appeared extra into the tunnel, I may even see police blocking the doorway and arguing with the protestors. They weren’t combating with…merely arguing. I immediately circled and exited the tunnel. I was inside the tunnel for an entire of three minutes and under no circumstances damaged for assaulting anyone (along with the police).

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After leaving the realm, we made our technique up the final word steps to the Greater West Terrace the place we had been immediately met by a gaggle of regulation enforcement officers. The very first questions I requested had been “Is it okay for us to be up proper right here” and “are we safe?” An officer by the establish of Anthony Roley replied: “Positive, you’ll be capable to sustain proper right here as long as you’re peaceful.” He moreover testified to this all through my trial. We thanked him and the alternative officers and offered them water, which they declined. We stayed on this area for only a few further minutes, taking photographs. That’s until I dropped my phone, which resulted inside the show breaking. After this, we made our technique over to the Senate side, the place we sat on some steps to get out of the wind and take a break. All through this break, we had snacks and drinks. We noticed an open door and a broken window, nevertheless we didn’t technique each. We lastly acquired right here once more to the realm overlooking the West Aspect…. the view of the parents was excellent. At this degree, we had heard of the taking photos of Ashli Babbitt. There was moreover a woman doing interviews and exhibiting motion pictures of two totally different males believed to have been killed by regulation enforcement officers that had been throwing percussion and flashbang grenades into the gang. I later found their names had been Benjamin Phillips and Kevin Greason. There have been people being shot inside the face with rubber bullets and aged ladies and men crushed and bloodied. I couldn’t think about what I was seeing. I saved asking the place these situations occurred on account of I had witnessed no violence. We rapidly found it occurred earlier to our arrival on the capital. My concepts then turned, “Why didn’t the cops ask us to go away?” At this degree I knew it was time to exit the grounds.

We started down the best way wherein we acquired right here up, nevertheless further police had arrived and had common two traces. One the place we had been and one on the next diploma, which was about 4 ft bigger than us. Because the gang started shifting inside the path the police had been pushing, we seen the crows on the extent above us start screaming and working. Some had been tripping over the raised flower beds, inflicting them to fall and, in some situations, get trampled on by totally different protestors and police. I immediately ran up the 5 or 6 steps to help get people up, nevertheless most had already been aided nevertheless I did see one particular person on the underside alongside the police line. I approached and pointed at a youthful black man in a inexperienced military mannequin jacket and requested if I’ll help him up. I reached in and grabbed him by his jacket as a result of the police line pushed into me. I refused to go away what I assumed was an injured man on the underside to get trampled on. Nonetheless hanging onto his jacket, I turned my once more to them as I was struck a lot of situations from behind. A frantic lady ran up, screaming for me to supply her my flags to free my totally different hand and telling me to solely help the individual on the underside. As I turned to grab him greater, I misplaced my grip on his jacket. I then immediately coated my head as I was nonetheless being hit as I attempted to maneuver out of attain.

As I turned once more in the direction of the police line, I requested loudly why that they had been attacking me. I was solely trying to help this man to safety. Standing there, staring on the police line (nonetheless stunned), I cursed at them. I yelled all types of points at them. As one officer was repositioning his helmet and face defend, he was hit inside the face by the defend of 1 different officer and I acknowledged, “You deserve that piece of shit” and on the time I meant it. He was one in all many officers who was hitting me and the gentleman on the underside. I under no circumstances seen the injured man even emerge from the underside or police line, and that had bothered me for the longest time. It was not until after my trial and watching TV inside the C2B that I seen a enterprise for the Prince George County Police, who had been of their riot gear. That gear consisted of the exact same inexperienced military mannequin jacket of the individual I was trying to help…. he himself was an officer of the laws. Not that it points on account of I’d have offered assist regardless. As I stood there confronting the police, totally different protestors gathered on the police line, pleading with them to stop and let the parents go away safely. As they exited the open Capital doorways (talked about earlier) that had been behind the police line, there was a small group making an attempt to flee as police rained down on them with baton strikes to their heads. All this occurred whereas I stood there with my arms inside the air (to point we weren’t a danger), begging them to stop.

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The officers on the lower diploma then began opening hearth on us with bean bag rounds, 40mm projectile cannons, rubber bullets, pepper balls, flash/percussion grenades and lots of canisters of pepper spray. I turned to run away nevertheless people had been already working in all directions. As quickly as as soon as extra, I seen people tripping over planters whereas the police proceed to strike the downed people. By this time, I seen one different officer coming from the steps. In his path was a giant man who had encountered the spray and was stumbling. The officer proceeded to strike this man inside the stomach. This officer and I made eye contact. The officer then turned/twisted to his correct side as if he had been going into one different hanging pose. I then yelled at him “HEY” as loud as I’ll nevertheless that didn’t stop him, so I reached out and pushed him off steadiness with my correct foot which stopped him from hitting the protester nevertheless not ample energy to injure the officer.

Then I turned away to go away and one different officer sprayed pepper spray in my path. I turned the protestor (subsequent to me) away from the blast. We took a lot of steps away from the police line as soon as I felt one factor skim earlier my arm. Then I seen the black object roll in behind us. It was some type of projectile grenade. It exploded 2 ft in entrance of me. It was very loud and actually vivid. I felt the percussion over my full physique, nevertheless I was lucky. I was able to flip my head and elevate my arms to dam the fragments. I couldn’t see or hear for what appeared like a lot of seconds. As I began to have the power to see as soon as extra, I noticed an individual on knees with white powder overlaying his face. I take into accout asking him if he was okay nevertheless was nonetheless having trouble listening to so I couldn’t make out his reply. As I checked out him, I uncover blood droplets starting to cowl the white powder on his face. I knew then, irrespective of his reply, he was hurt. Nonetheless disoriented, I aided one different protestor in getting him out and to safety. At this degree, I uncover myself in one in all many planters, stumbling from the explosion and easily trying to get away from that police line. As I was making an attempt to go away, I noticed one different injured particular person lying on the steps. I then reached down to help him up as soon as I felt one factor hit me inside the once more REALLY HARD! I pushed on (with adrenaline in my physique) so that I’ll help get the injured up. As quickly as he was on his ft, we noticed one officer faucet the shoulder of 1 different officer and degree at me.

Subsequent, the second officer struggled to reload the huge orange gun. That’s as soon as I noticed the issue that grazed me earlier and what had hit me inside the once more acquired right here from that gun and that officer. I appeared down and seen a stick or a broken piece of a flagpole. I didn’t throw the merchandise until I seen him elevate the gun to hearth at me AGAIN. (The video in trial reveals officer Camanella nonetheless firing at me as my once more is to him) It’s my notion that the officer was retaliating in the direction of me for shoving the alternative officer with the tip of my foot. After this, I made my technique off the Capital grounds with no extra altercations with officers.

That span of events took spherical 7 minutes in full.

After discovering my totally different good good friend, we returned to the truck. We talked to totally different protestors parked subsequent to or near us. We listened to their tales of the day’s events. By this time, calls had been flooding in from family and buddies that had been concerned. All we could do is repeat what we seen and heard from totally different sources and the media. I made an entire lot of errors on the evening time of Jan 6. I didn’t double-check the textual content material sooner than I despatched them out. I didn’t look at to ensure that they had been even being despatched to the correct particular person. Then as soon as extra, I couldn’t do quite a bit as I had busted the show of my phone earlier inside the day. I wanted to rely upon voice textual content material to get out what I did. To not level out, the voice textual content material unintentionally picked up every dialog occurring inside the enclosed trailer. I was not acutely aware it had carried out so until quite a bit later. It had recorded quite a bit that I spent an entire lot of time apologizing for the miscued messages. Regardless that I didn’t say a couple of of the problems that that had been despatched in these messages that they had been used in the direction of me in courtroom as if it was actually my phrases.

The FBI raided my residence at 5 am on the morning of October 6, 2021, with 20-30 brokers in full SWAT gear with machine weapons, flash-bang grenades, drones, and armored cars. One armored car was used to push my truck down the road, inflicting physique and rear and transmission damage, primarily totaling the truck. They then dragged me and my 16 (for the time being) yr outdated son out of the house into the chilly (with nothing higher than our underwear on) at gunpoint. They saved us inside the freezing temperatures for over an hour sooner than bringing us clothes from inside. Ideas you, by this time not one particular person had instructed us why that they had been there.

My home is straight behind an elementary college. Sooner than we knew it, every father or mom that was now inside the carpool lane was watching my son, and me stand in handcuffs. When the FBI noticed the scene that that they had been inflicting…it was humorous ample for them to snicker at us for it. It was embarrassing for me and my minor toddler who was innocent in all of this. I was then taken to the federal courthouse over 2 hours away, the place I wanted to spend further time awaiting a magistrate select who thankfully ordered my launch. Presently, I was escorted from the developing barefoot, with no pockets and no phone, and was refused to make use of 1 different phone. Thankfully, a stranger handed, and after explaining to them what had occurred, they allowed me to utilize their phone to call any individual to decide on me up as I was now stranded at a courthouse over 2 hours from my residence.

For the next 18 months, the federal authorities pushed my trial once more. Covid was rampant and points had been constantly postponed. This even occurred as quickly as I was despatched to DC. We had been allowed minimal entry to the invention supplied by the prosecution as objects had been nonetheless deemed categorised. To nowadays, the 40k hours of flicks haven’t been completely launched for viewing by most of the people. I was unable to afford a private authorized skilled, so I was provided with a public defender. Firstly of the first meeting with him, he instructed me (and I agreed) that we’d not get a superb trial in DC and would lose and may attraction. His following assertion was that he would accumulate as quite a bit information as doable for the attraction. One different Jan 6 defendant had a look at carried out to indicate that no Jan 6er would get a superb trial in DC and resulting from this most requested for a change in venue…which has been denied in every case. When the federal authorities requested for time to bear all of the issues that’s out there in on “discovery” that they had been granted the time. When my authorized skilled requested for time, we acquired the assertion “Inside the curiosity of Justice, I can’t wait to maneuver forward to trial” by the select. The one proof we had been allowed to utilize is what the prosecution gave in discovery.

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“The Trial:” – Our trial began on April seventeenth, 2023. First, it was the jury selection. 100 thirty-five jurors acquired right here through the courtroom, with 14 lastly chosen. Out of the 14, all said they’d “detrimental feelings” in course of that day and folks people. After being pressured by the select the jurors decided that they “thought they could put their opinions aside and select us on the proof put forth.” That didn’t happen. Subsequent, jurors had been threatened with jail in the event that they’d been on the Capitol grounds that day. Positive, that occurred. The select felt that he wished in order so as to add, “One in all many defendants is seen all by way of the day carrying a confederate battle flag. Do you suppose you’ll select a person that may carry that type of flag fairly?” Let me repeat that. ”A confederate battle flag.” Ideas you, I DID NOT take a battle flag of any kind. I carried that MS state flag. Collectively together with his statements in regards to the flag, I knew he had already made his ideas up, and it appeared like he was inflicting persuasion among the many many jurors. From there, it went downhill. I was denied every motion despatched by my authorized skilled. We even acquired a reply of, “If I’m improper, the Appellate courtroom will inform me I’m improper.”

Does this sound identical to the Justice we search in America??

All through testimony, virtually all witnesses proved all of the issues we acknowledged was true. The films backed every assertion I made. It even confirmed that I acted in self-defense and safety of others, which was not allowed as a “safety,” per the select. He wouldn’t even entertain the idea and denied instructions to the jurors. As an alternative he said “Do you have to don’t uncover them accountable for this or that, you’ll want to take into consideration this….and within the occasion you nonetheless suppose they’re accountable then you’ll want to moreover take into consideration this…..” This moreover doesn’t sound like justice. We weren’t even allowed to utilize the phrase “we had been serving to others” or one thing that may hint within the assist of 1 different human.

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I was found accountable on all 12 counts. Along with these the police testified and proved I was innocent of. On Might fifth, I was not allowed to return residence to get my affairs in order as I was remanded into custody on the spot. I didn’t get to say goodbye to my youngsters or my dad and mother, which does embrace my dying mother. Proper right here we’re in October. I’m now residing with the 9-year sentence and the thought it is likely to be a really very long time sooner than I see my youngsters as soon as extra. I couldn’t get to see my mother sooner than she passes.

I’m one in all many longest sentences, however I induced no damage or harm. Someone that actually broke dwelling home windows, impressed others to hitch in on the combating with the intent to harm, stayed inside the developing longer…acquired a lot much less time than I did. Is that this on account of my black select considered me racist merely as a result of state flag I carried??? Would possibly it’s on account of I stood up and aided others?? Presumably it’s on account of I’d not admit to keen to harm the police that day?? As I sit proper right here in my 6 X 10 cell, pondering of what Justice is de facto presupposed to be…. I do know this may’t be what it appears to be like.

All through my sentencing, I used the killing of George Floyd for instance. I instructed the select that I was not condoning or advocating for the assault on regulation enforcement officers nevertheless merely requested the place the street is drawn? At what degree is it okay to defend one other individual? If one particular person had carried out what I did with as little energy doable…. an individual wouldn’t be ineffective, 5 officers wouldn’t be in jail, and a number of other different cities wouldn’t have been destroyed, leading to further deaths. In order so as to add insult to wreck…. I’m now required to pay once more the money raised to help my cousin obtain a lawyer. By the purpose that’s all said and carried out I shall be virtually 60 years outdated, my 2 oldest youngsters shall be grown and my youngest might haven’t any clue who I really am.

Is that this Justice? All my statements on this letter are factual and might be fact-checked with courtroom transcripts and films. My hope is that this letter sheds some light on the misjustice being perpetrated by our approved system and that you just take the time to evaluation this so that points might be set correct!

God bless you all, and God bless america!!

Sincerely, Thomas “Tommy” Smith

AKA #MississippiFlagGuy